Monthly Archives: September 2015

  Born in 1861, Leah Lee has been described as “a black-eyed, chestnut-haired Devonshire beauty”.  She was the daughter of Samuel Lee, a well-to-do draper of Teignmouth, and his wife, also named Leah. Her story is quite extraordinary.  – a young Victorian woman who left the small town of Teignmouth and England to become governessContinue reading “Leah Laforgue”